Getting relatively up-to-date on the music news, from a 75-year-old magazine.

Down Beat, 7/1/1946

A full hour of musical personalities known as Bob or Bobby.

Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along

The playlist is borrowed from a recent big band concert, presented by a band that got its start several decades ago when a group of teenagers played in high school.

Swing Band Reunion 4

Fans are aware of the ground-breaking concert by Benny Goodman's band in January 1938, but other bands as well as vocalists also brought audiences to Carnegie Hall.

Swingin' at Carnegie Hall

More of the great tunes written by this skilled composer for Broadway shows and Hollywood musicals.

Cole Porter 2

Reminiscences about interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists and bandleaders.

Close Encounters 25

Recently I was contacted by a gentleman who no longer needed his rather extensive collection of LP records. Did I want them?, he asked. Less than an hour later I was in his home, examining about 500 albums. I decided to review those that fit the format of my program. This, then, is the first episode to include tracks that have come into my possession in recent months.

New Acquisitions 1

Tunes from Broadway musicals that begin the the letter F or G.

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